Voters
think a special prosecutor is needed to see if the nation’s top cops have
been playing politics.

The
latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that
49% of Likely U.S. Voters believe a special prosecutor should be named to
investigate whether senior FBI officials handled the investigation of
Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump in a legal and unbiased fashion.
Thirty-one percent (31%) disagree, but a sizable 19% are not sure. (To see
survey question wording, click
here.)

Sixty-two
percent (62%) of Republicans are calling for an outside prosecutor to
investigate the FBI, as is a plurality (49%) of voters not affiliated with
either major political party. Among Democrats, 38% favor a special
prosecutor; 40% are opposed, but 22% are undecided.

The
survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 22-23, 2018 by
Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points
with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports
surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research,
LLC. See methodology.

Seventy
percent (70%) of voters who Strongly Approve of the job President Trump is
doing think a special prosecutor is needed to investigate the FBI. Among
those who Strongly Disapprove of the president’s job performance, only 36%
agree.

Sixty-four
percent (64%) of all voters thinkClinton
is likely to have broken the lawby sending and
receiving e-mails containing classified information through a private
e-mail server while serving as secretary of State.

The
survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 22-23, 2018 by
Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage
points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen
Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion
Research, LLC. See methodology.

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